3 hurt as blast hits former Army detachment in North Cotabato

Three people, including a village official, were injured when a grenade lobbed by still unidentified armed men exploded at a former Army detachment in Pikit, North Cotabato, Thursday night, police said.

Investigators have yet to determine the motive for the bombing, but Alcantara said it could be meant to divert authorities’ attention from an ongoing operation to rescue gasoline station owner Anna Datuwata Cuan and her secretary Cristabel Colona.

Cuan and Colona were abducted by armed men at their gasoline station in nearby Libungan town on Tuesday.